Good morning. Khaled Sabsabi, the artist dumped as Australia’s representative at the Venice Biennale, has savaged the decision to drop him, accusing Creative Australia of subjecting him to “torture” and of dismantling his career. We have an exclusive interview, plus another scoop on how election candidates are using influencers to bypass a “shadow ban” on campaigning on a Chinese social media app. Elsewhere, the world awaits Donald Trump’s tariff reveal and Moscow knocks back his Ukraine peace plan.
